Check list before going to work outside EU

If you decided to work outside the Eu check following information before going:

What are the visa/work authorisation requirements?
What employment protection measures are in force (unfair dismissals, maternity leave, etc.)
What health care facilities are available to me?
Am I required to have any vaccinations before I can travel?
What accommodation/tenancy rights are in force?
What is the tax situation? Does Ireland have a tax agreement with the country?
What is the social security position?

Going to work outside the Eu maybe a great risk and a great benefit all together. Some of the countries would have poor tax system or almost no social security. The best advice would be to find a job in the country you want to go before actually going there. It is very handy. Since your employer will propose you benefits, accommodations, etc. Keep in mind that you always can return back but if you don’t give it a chance, you would never know how it is.

Countries to consider

So what are the countries that want you now? Different statistics shows different results. I believe it is highly depends on your qualifications. To make search easy you can type in monster different countries and just count number of recently added jobs on your specialization. You will see where is demand higher, and then you can choose do you want to live in country where is more work, or country with sea, or with winter, etc.

You can start your search from Poland, Czech Republic, Australia (it’s getting harder there), all Asia, and Russia. There are three places basically: Asia, developing countries, countries recently added to EU.

Some people say that America starting to get better in respect to the jobs, and Canada is always welcoming.

Looking for the better life

One of the ways to get a good new job is relocate to the place where the jobs are. For a long time Ireland had almost open boarders due to increased amount of new jobs and small amount of people to work; but now situation change and a lot of big multinationals transfer departments or the whole companies to the places where they can save money. For example Dell went to Poland, Ebbay transfer its customer support units to the its regions (Italian to Italy, and on). If job goes to the other place, why don’t you go to the place where job is?

Pros of going abroad:

1) You can meet a lot of new and interesting people
2) See a lot of new interesting places, travel
3) Get to know different culture, explore the world
4) In most of the developing countries English speaking people will be treated almost like Kings
5) Possibility of fast career development
6) Less money to spend every month due to the less expensive products.
7) Possibility of saving more money

Corns going abroad:

1) Necessity of relocation, moving belongings
2) Being far away from the family, friends
3) Possibility of receiving generally less salary
4) Some of the social infrastructure/benefits are not as developed as in Ireland
5) Driving from the other side of the road

I probably can think about 10 more pros and corns for relocation. It is really up to your desire to make a change in life. Be prepared that it will be a lot of things that you like or don’t like at the beginning. Personally I think that: “why not give it a try”. You never know what is waiting for you across the corner, but you will never know if you don’t go and check.